>>717153341 (OP)How did consoomerism end up merging with communist party ruled tyranny? truly a dilemma of our times. Or it's that capitalists don't know when it's bad to build up a system that will inevitably eat them for lunch? even Mao Tse Tung built up the strategy that is currently unfolding in modern times. In regards to how China accepted 'capitalism'. Mao always talked about the revolution in the sense that you help the capitalists make money and ANYTHING else is too idealistic about the revolution. You do it with the landlords, the opium growers, drug dealers etc. You give help them make money then they give you political power. And of course after you make them rich and they give you political power then you're gonna shoot them all. Mao Tse Tung said 'political power flows out of the barrel of a gun'. Bankers, capitalists think political power is money, but then mao says you have all the money, we'll make you rich and we'll have all the guns, stick em up, now we have all the money and all the guns.